What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Lagamor]

Lyman 4500 makes a real mess when you lube short 95 grain boolits. Got really fed up with it and switched to PC. Drained the lube from the 4500 and it runs great now.

[TXGunNut]

Sized some 457193 boolits this morning and loaded them in 45-90 cases. Took them to the range for fireforming and a bit of practice. Decapped, washed, dried the brass. They're in the vibratory cleaner now.

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Sunday, I loaded up 20 test rounds with MP300 powder for testing my 275gr Wide Flat Nose cast bullets in my RUGER 77/44. That would be 4 - 5 shot tests. 5 each of 21.5, 22, 22.5 and 23grs.

Then loaded up a 100 banger/practice/fun .38 special rounds for use in my .357. - 5gr of Bullseye behind a 158gr cast bullet.

Hope to get out to test the 77/44 this wed. The above loads and some 5 shot groups with the same bullet and Lil'gun.

H110 may well get the nod, but would like a bit better groups if possible.

Looking at present like the velocity will be in the 1600 - 1700fps range.

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[robg]

Sized lubed and gas checked the .308,225and .358 boolits I cast yesterday.

[WFO2]

Sized and lubed some 38 spcl .After I put the new parts in my old Lyman 450 .

[TXGunNut]

Loading room? I have a loading room? Come on Friday! Been a long week already.

[JeffG]

Spray painted 2 new 8" AR500 gongs for pistol shooting that I'm hanging this weekend.

[bedbugbilly]

Busy cleaning my shop as we are going to get our house listed and "downsize" - try to get everything on one floor . . . it's heck getting old!

While I was cleaning, I set up my propane hotplate and smelted a little over 100 pounds of foundry type that I've had sitting in the shop in buckets for years. Kind of slow going as I only have a 10 # pot but I finished up this evening with around 55 ingots - poured them in a 8 muffin tin. At least they will stack well and take up a lot less room on the shelf!

[dragon813gt]

Put the rubber mats back down under the bench in the basement. Had to pull them up due to rain last week. I may have put them back prematurely.

[JeffG]

Welded up a new gong target frame out of rebar.

[yenningComity]

Pulled apart the new to me (yet somewhat old) rcbs 44 mag / spcl carbide dies to clean. Ran them through the ultrasonic with simple green, rinsed, and then dunked into evaporust over night. Came out nice and clean after that so wiped them down, oiled them up, and tested by depriming a few hundred cases. Looks like they have lee lock rings (aluminium? ring with a gasket) which I am not a fan of, but oh well.

[1895gunner]

Did some 45/70 reloading this morning before I headed to the range with the BIL. H4198, Remington 300gr HP's and RP nickel plated brass.

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1895gunner

[robg]

Sized 50 357 cases.loaded up 100 rounds of 164grgc boolits over 8.5gr of true blue ready for tomorrow.

[WFO2]

Hung four wall cabinets .

[tazman]

I got a good run going with a new to me 4 cavity Lyman 358091 wadcutter mold this morning. I cast for just over an hour and ended up with 624 boolits, with no rejects.
After lubing, I loaded up 100 of them for testing over 3.2 of Titegroup. That load works well with my 358495 boolit so should work with this one as well.

[JimP.]

loaded up some 45-75 for my win 76

[TXGunNut]

Weighed and lube/sized some 457125's to shoot in my 45-90 tomorrow.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Did some 45/70 reloading this morning before I headed to the range with the BIL. H4198, Remington 300gr HP's and RP nickel plated brass.

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1895gunner

Beautiful cartridges.
Awesome storage. Did you build that or buy it? I love the organization!!!


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[Texas by God]

My favorite powder measure method for rifle loads. My cup is a 70's Tupperware - I card them off with a Randy Womack business card. Have you had split necks with NP brass sooner than unplated? With my .243 and 25-06 I have noticed this.(I don't load max loads) Best,Thomas.

[TXGunNut]

Loaded 20 45-90 rounds for my Whitt's Buff project. Will shoot them tomorrow. This cartridge is certainly hard on the lead and BP supply!

[shoot-n-lead]

Loaded 28rds of 44mag...loads to try in my new 14" Contender barrel.

[taco650]

Have only walked by the loading bench since Friday but Thursday I finished off a box of 38 specials and assembled a box of 45 ACP with my own cast Lee 230TC.

[Smk SHoe]

played with a new NOE 311-230-fn 5 cavity GC ( BLKOUT), ran about 120 thru the mold on and off while doing a lot of 9mm bullets. Didn't look bad, few wrinkles but was getting better near the end of casting. Couple more heat cycles should be good. just need some culls to load up to try cycling in a 300 Blackout AR. It is one big Honking bullet. Beautiful Mold. Also PC all the 9mm bullets

[Wild Bill 7]

Yesterday loaded 500(new starline brass) with tcj bullets with 7.8 grains of Unique. It is the most accurate load I have found for that bullet. 100 boolits powder coated 210 grain with 6 grains of GreenDot. Now for the range to dry up some and shoot some. Our range is usually floods during this time of year with all the rain. �� My NMBH is ready to get heated up.

[dragon813gt]

Sorted around 3k nickel plated 38 Special cases by headstamp. Gave them all a tumble, bagged them up and placed them in a five gallon bucket for long term storage.

Have to do the same thing w/ around 8k pieces of yellow brass. And then there is close to 10k pieces of 357 brass that is completely mixed up.

I don't bother using 38 Special brass so I should have just thrown them all in a bucket and been done w/ it. I won't mind sorting the 357 brass because it will be used.

Still have lots of rifle brass that needs sorting as well. This is what I get for buying out an old friend of the family. He was very happy that it wasn't going to be wasted.

[buckwheatpaul]

My compressor is out on our a.c.....no problem....took a nap in the ac in the man cave!

[DocSavage]

Have a S&W 1911 Pro Series that I had Clark fit a 9x23 winchester barrel to it,load up 60 rds to try out on Tuesday. Win brass 7.5 gr Sillohuete 125 gr 9mm hp and win srp.

[blikseme300]

Loaded 100 rounds of 30-30 for some plinking when I get a break from work on the farm. These are 311041PB over SR4759 for soft shooting to keep me going until I can resume my load work-up for my 458WM.

[tazman]

Cleaned 3 revolvers after a very successful trip to the range. Sorted the brass and loaded 100 rounds of 38 special.

[Harter66]

I got a 358432 ,160 gr Ideal . It seats in the top groove occupying about the same space as the Lee 158 gr RNFP

170180

I put it in some Evapo-rust for about a half hour the other half looked pretty ratty ,turns out the rust goobers were wool fuzz. It cleaned up nice .

170181

It makes a nice bullet, when I do my part and keep it hot and fast enough .

170182

[dverna]

Loaded 500 rounds of 12 ga

[smokeywolf]

Took my motorized Wilson case trimmer apart; cleaned and re-lubed it.

[mold maker]

Put away several recent acquisitions, and straightened up some stray items.
Maybe tomorrow ----.

[downwind]

Ok you guys have shamed me into it.

I have been home recovering from a hip replacement and am now able to get to the man cave, down stairs.

Had cast about 500- 200 grain swc .452 boolits so i lubed them and reloaded 450 45acp rounds on the Dillon 550.

Then proceeded to load various loads of 38-40 (A continuation of previous load development)

RCBS 40-180 boolit at various dia.

Unique powder (same load wt.)

Some Spg Lube and some Tac#1

Then I switched gears once again and loaded up some 40-65 with black powder and some of Lee's version of the Lyman Snover bullet #410663, for testing. (Just got this mold unused from a member here last week) Hoping they do well- mold yields .412 dia. @ 410 grains.

Did notice a little nose deformation from compressing powder with boolit though. I'll have to get a 40 cal compression die and a larger expander for this one I think.

Now I need to get to the range for my physical therapy, 1) Sit for short periods of time (shoot)

2) Then walk for a while (Change and document info on targets)

3) Then repeat again and again! WORKS FOR ME!!!!:D:D:D

My hip will be better in no time!

[dragon813gt]

I sorted and cleaned said 10k pieces of 357 brass. Only tossed two pieces of A-MERC. The rest is all good. I will be selling off all the S&B brass as I won't use that brand.

[Ickisrulz]

I finally got around to trying the "load." 13 grains of Red Dot in 30-06. I used an RCBS 180 grain flat nose w/ GC and BLL. After my first 5 rounds I dropped the charge to 12 and had better results. I was shooting off sticks while sitting on a bucket at 90 yards. My groups equaled those I get with 16 grains of 2400. But of course 2400 is scare these days, so it's nice to be able to used Red Dot for low recoil shooting in the back yard.

[mold maker]

Turned off the light I left on yesterday. Two trips to the eye Dr and one to the pharmacy didn't leave much time this morning. Gotta go past the USPS for a $1.15 postage due package because they don't ring doorbells (???????), then take a Grand Daughter this evening for music lessons so I guess today is shot.
Isn't that why we have tomorrows?

[tazman]

Cast 400 125 grain rn boolits for my 9mm. Got them sized, lubed, and drying on some wax paper. Then loaded 200 38 special wadcutters. Those sure are fun to shoot.

[taco650]

Haven't done anything for a few days due to work but need to cast some more .45ACP slugs. I'm almost out!!!

[Ickisrulz]

I decided to try "The Load" in my 338 win mag this morning. I used some 250 grain gas checked bullets (BRP mold) and 13.1 grains of Red Dot. It was surprisingly accurate so I didn't mess with it and made up 50 rounds. It will be an enjoyable backyard load.

[Loudy13]

Over the last 3 days, I completed some test loads for 6.5X55 Swede with the Barnes 124gr LRX over RL22, loaded some 30-.06 with 170gr Lee FP over 16.0 grains of Unique, 400 rounds of .45 ACP 230gr lee TC/TG, and a half box of .45 ACP lee 200gr FP with a longer COL for testing both rounds over the powder preferred by sheriffs and outlaws!

Going to the range tomorrow, unless it rains then I will be making more pills to feed the sickness

[JeffG]

Trimmed about 400 rounds of 7.62x25 Tokarev brass. Casting day Sunday

[DerekP Houston]

finished loading up all my 38 spec brass! can't believe I actually ran out of clean brass, guess that means I need to go shooting this weekend. pretty impressed with the lnl ap now that I have the rhythm down and the primer working 100%, need to pick up some more shell plates.

[3 gun Gus]

Cast about 500 H&G#68's.

Gus

[bullseye67]

I, after a long thought process, decided to shoot 45acp at 50 yards. I haven't used a 45acp for 30 years, seems indoors and 20 yards has spoiled me....So today I spent the morning sorting and resizing a bucket full of brass. When did they start using small primers in 45acp?? What a PITA factor!!

[skeettx]

Went fishing this morning
Loaded 100 .416 Remington UltraMag
Loaded 200 20 gauge shells
Now time for lunch :)

[Nlvmike]

Yesterday I shot my first 38 special loads with 148 gr wadcutters. Enjoyed it so much that I loaded 200 more this morning.

[blikseme300]

Cleaned the reloading bench and wiped down the presses to rid them of dust. Farming can be fun but the south Texas heat saps your energy quick. Spread 40K pounds of dry fertilizer today and even though I'm sitting down it feels like my body is still moving due to the rocking I got today.

Will go back to the farm in the morning to do some shooting though. :p

[packnrat]

having problems with the new hornady ammo plant press. cleaned it up and lubed with graphite. still a couple problems,(bullet feeder problem). but got 15 cases loaded. (my test cases).
on monday after it cools down will get out there and see if the primer feed works as it should.

[robg]

Sized,expanded and primed 150 .357 cases .

[DerekP Houston]

having problems with the new hornady ammo plant press. cleaned it up and lubed with graphite. still a couple problems,(bullet feeder problem). but got 15 cases loaded. (my test cases).
on monday after it cools down will get out there and see if the primer feed works as it should.

double check the primer tube is lined up properly, and smooth out any burrs on the shuttle with some 1000 grit sand paper. Mine occasionally hung up until I did that. I don't have the ammo plant, but the LnL has been running like a champ. There's an excellent youtube video on tips and tricks.

[robg]

Loaded up 40 180g boolits over 18g of 2400 in 308brass.

[WebMonkey]

chucked up 20 loaded rounds that got gunked up in a cartridge belt and spun/cleaned off the goop on the brass.
that was it.

gotta figure out what caused the gunking up. rarely worn cartridge belt left residue that looked like 'stickum'. crazy.
'monkey

[tazman]

Cast up 340 rounds of 358311. Got them sized and lubed.
Then loaded up 200 38 special wadcutters.

[dragon813gt]

Loaded 247 rounds, don't ask why that number, of Hornady 115 grain FMJs. I shot 250 this morning so I'm three in the hole :(

[62chevy]

Loaded 247 rounds, don't ask why that number, of Hornady 115 grain FMJs. I shot 250 this morning so I'm three in the hole :(

I always come home with more 9mm than I went with, getting to the point they just get left behind unless my Wife picks them up.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Almost finished laying down the new flooring. I have about 5 more boards to do.
The manufacturer recommended a 9mm thick spacer temporary between the flooring and the wall.
I used a 38 special case. Think I will be ok?
Hoping to put down the baseboards today and trim around the new Windows.
Can't wait to build a new bench.

[blue32]

Checked two lots of 260 rem brass for rings on the case head. Both have 12+ loadings. No signs of imminent failure.

[DerekP Houston]

Almost finished laying down the new flooring. I have about 5 more boards to do.
The manufacturer recommended a 9mm thick spacer temporary between the flooring and the wall.
I used a 38 special case. Think I will be ok?
Hoping to put down the baseboards today and trim around the new Windows.
Can't wait to build a new bench.

I just used a scrap of flooring left over from timing for my spacers. The flooring was 8mm thick and worked well enough. I trimmed a few spots that were too long with a Dremel cutting blades ez work.

[Jal5]

Ran about 100 pcs 223 rem brass thru the deprimer then on to the wash ss pins. Look real clean.

[rugerdude]

Cleaned various and assorted baby related junk off of my reloading bench so I could actually see the thing again. Sized and primed 100 .44 Magnum cases. Hopefully, I will find enough free time tomorrow to load at least 50 of them up. Maybe the whole hundred, but I ain't holdin' my breath.

[michiganmike]

I cleaned the cats litter box and put some tools away.;) And I spent two + hours cleaning the garage. But that was apart from working in my shop/reloading/casting room.

[gundownunder]

Spent the last few days sizing and Hitek coating a few thousand 32-20 bullets. Should keep me going for a little while :-)

[Loudy13]

Finished the 11th box of 12 gauge trap loads last night. Now I have to switch loads I am outta Clays

[RP]

Loaded up 160 308s weight checked every load trickling powder sure is a time killer. I got to get going I want to get a load worked up for my 243 270 and another 308 rifle before hunting season gets here plus I need to reload for a 30/06. I do not think my BIL 7 mag is going to happen or my sons 300 mag since they seem to be to busy to come over. Bet they show up a week before deer season wanting to load some lol

[georgerkahn]

I grumbled a little... I dropped a shell holder on floor, and albeit these are relatively HUGE, couldn't see it. OK, I grabbed my gorgeous Mag-lite to learn it didn't work. Huh? New batteries just before Christmas-time. Well, I unscrewed endcap, and but two of the three D-cells would drop out, both in mid stages of leakage. An hour and one half later I had front battery out -- had to solder a wood screw to a rod to pull it -- and then worked a baking soda on brush solution to try and save the light. I did. And, ironically, when I walked back into room I saw the dropped shell holder without needing the flashlight. Interestingly, the batteries were Mallory Duracells. To be OCD, I checked the flashlight upstairs, and while the batteries were nowheres as bad as those in my Mag-lite, these Mallories were in early stages of leaking. I wish I knew a way to prevent this... however, until I do, I guess the company with the bunny will be getting my dollars. Sorry for rant re this... but I'd have thought with all of today's techno marvels, NON-leaking batteries would be a no-brainer. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
geo P.S.: My plans IN the reloading room to assemble some 32 Remingtons were aborted: thank you. Mr. Leaky Mallory!

[alfloyd]

I spent 3 hours yesterday teaching a new friend what reloading is all about.
We reloaded 8 25-06 rounds during the training.
He is getting more supplies/equipment and we will spend another spell in the reloading room.

Lafaun

[Digital Dan]

Nothing. Yesterday was a different tale. Prepped a wad of fired brass when back from the range. .25-20 SS, .38-55, lead and BP. First round with the .38-55, it's a threat to flies on the target. 300 grains of 30:1 might over penetrate?

[paraord]

Loaded up 100 rounds that waver between 44 special and 44 mag.......and then shot them all out of my brand new Ruger Redhawk 2.75". Man that thing is a riot. Time to lubrisize some 429244's and 429421's!

[DrDucati]

Decapping fired brass

170991

[Jal5]

Ran 74 rounds of 223 thru the Loadmaster without a hitch. Spent a long time setting up the case feeder and tubes. That isn't behaving well yet. Only did 74 because I was using up my PMC brass...I get focused like that sometimes

[shoot-n-lead]

I walked through it and thought... "GOOD GRIEF! It's hot in here."

[slide]

Took a nap!

[therealhitman]

Loaded up 100 rounds that waver between 44 special and 44 mag.......and then shot them all out of my brand new Ruger Redhawk 2.75". Man that thing is a riot. Time to lubrisize some 429244's and 429421's!

That's been my mission today also. Working up a medium spicy load in .44 mag cases with 700X and a lighter Boolit. My new Lee 429-200 FRN six cav showed up from the Nitro Express yesterday so I cast a few hundred this morning and lubed with White Label Commercial. Was guessing at a starting load to zip around 1200fps and wound up a little hotter than desired. I'll dial back a couple of tenths and chrono again asap.



I walked through it and thought... "GOOD GRIEF! It's hot in here."

That will slow down production! Thank goodness I've got the coolest room in the house all summer... even with the AC off.

[mdi]

Well, I just looked at a bunch of reloads. I went through my ammo cabinet and took out my ammo cans to check my inventory, yep I was bored. 9mm? Nope don't need any of them; 4 loads to try and 100+ rounds of "good" reloads. 45 ACP? 3 new loads to try and 200+ rounds of my 200 gr. LSWC favorites. 30-06? Nope, 600 rounds of HXP, 180 rounds of a fav. load, and 4 new loads to test. 308? Nope, 2 new loads to test and 80 good reloads. Can't find components/tools for my 5.45x39. No bullets on hand for my 7.62x39. Prolly 1500 assorted cast bullets laying around. Ammo cans full of 38 Spec., 357 Mag., .44 Spec., .44 Magnum. Haven't shot my 7.62x54r in 5 years, nor my SMLE. I got waaaay more time to reload than I have to shoot. Oh well, closed the cabinet and got out a gun magazine...:cry:

[Loudy13]

Went through my "rejected loads" and pulled all the lead out to send to the melting pot and put the powder in the garden. Probably shouldn't wait so long next time it took like 3 hours

[daschnoz]

We moved earlier this year and all of my reload stuff has been taking up room on the garage floor. This past weekend I built a shelf in the garage for the aforementioned reloading supplies. While doing so I sorted the boxes of random brass that I have collected over the years. I HAVE 9mm BRASS COMING OUT OF MY EARS.

SWMBO was very happy to see my progress in organizing the garage. ;)

[WebMonkey]

very pleased with the casting session today.
using this:
171246
a lee 90484, i made this:
171247
untouched, it looks like a milled bit of aluminum.
sweet!

since it's a single cavity, i only got about 150 before i was called away for something...
:)
'monkey

[RogerDat]

Been more of a this week than a specific day but sizing and gas checks on some 324-175 cast I made back when it was cooler. When I have a bit of free time I hit the bench and run a few through. 10 - 15 at a time. Working toward a nice 4th of July weekend. While those 8mm boolits bake some powder coat I have some other projects in the garage that I can work on. Mason has a gun show that should make a nice break in the project work, I have some brass to trade so hopefully will get some I more 8mm brass I need.

[DerekP Houston]

stuck in a hotel and jonesing to go shooting =(. I might have to find a local range around here and blow off some steam.

[TXGunNut]

Cast a pile of BIG boolits last night for my 45-90, pretty slow going with a single cav. Cleaned up and straightened up a bit tonight...looking for something. Found lots of stuff, just not what I was looking for. Do I really need eight cans of Hornady One Shot case lube? Sometimes I order a can to keep Midway from sending my stuff USPS. ;-)

[taco650]

Cast a pile of BIG boolits last night for my 45-90, pretty slow going with a single cav. Cleaned up and straightened up a bit tonight...looking for something. Found lots of stuff, just not what I was looking for. Do I really need eight cans of Hornady One Shot case lube? Sometimes I order a can to keep Midway from sending my stuff USPS. ;-)

What mold did you use for the 49-90?

[DerekP Houston]

nada, still out of 148gr wadcutters and my LnL is setup for 38's. I have a big pile out back I am working on getting hi-tek'd for another round but keep getting distracted by other projects. I loaded enough in my last batch to hold me over a few months but I miss the routine.

[MOA]

Cast a pile of BIG boolits last night for my 45-90, pretty slow going with a single cav. Cleaned up and straightened up a bit tonight...looking for something. Found lots of stuff, just not what I was looking for. Do I really need eight cans of Hornady One Shot case lube? Sometimes I order a can to keep Midway from sending my stuff USPS. ;-)


TXGunNut,
I know just what you mean on slow going with Big Boolits and a single cavity mold. I decided it would be so much faster to turn out more if I had a master caster from Magma Engineering that would not only help on the larger boolits and single molds but also on the rest of my casting on smaller one and two cavity molds too. I cast this pile of 405 gr from my single mold in about thirty minutes, all but three were keepers.

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[Black Chrome]

I finished up powder coating the 1000 or so 180 gr .40/10mm FN boolits that I cast last week. I also tumbled, sized, and belled the 10mm cases that I shot at the range last week on my first trip out with the G29. Just J words last week but as soon as I get a sizing die i'll work up a load with the pc lead boolits.

[corbinace]

Built a new eight foot bench at stand up height. Then I temporarily mounted my presses to it to determine spacing. I think I can have them at 16" on center. This bench is for reloading only. Anyone out there mounting them that close successfully? Two RL550s, a Lyman T-Mag ll and a couple rock chuckers.

[dragon813gt]

Almost got through the boxes of reloading items I bought a few months back. Most of it is put away and what's left needs to be priced for sale.

[RogerDat]

130# of lead I alloyed up to be Lyman #2 turned out short of Sn and Sb when xrf gunned. Re-Melted and added some printers lead and pewter (plus plain) to get them up to 5/5/90 alloy. Of course adding more stuff in I'm ending up with 150# going into ingots. Destined to become .223 and other rifle bullets. Classic example of why I work in large batches when doing scrap, get some variation of ingredients so end up close, then dial it in. End up with a good supply of desired alloy sitting on the shelf.

Heading to the bench to size and GC some 8mm and maybe load some .223 now that I'm set with lead to make more :-)

[robg]

Didn't do anything but managed to source some 2400 after spending ages looking !

[62chevy]

130# of lead I alloyed up to be Lyman #2 turned out short of Sn and Sb when xrf gunned. Re-Melted and added some printers lead and pewter (plus plain) to get them up to 5/5/90 alloy. Of course adding more stuff in I'm ending up with 150# going into ingots. Destined to become .223 and other rifle bullets. Classic example of why I work in large batches when doing scrap, get some variation of ingredients so end up close, then dial it in. End up with a good supply of desired alloy sitting on the shelf.

Heading to the bench to size and GC some 8mm and maybe load some .223 now that I'm set with lead to make more :-)

That is 17500 60 grain little pills for you 223. Happy casting. :guntootsmiley::happy dance::awesome:

[bullseye67]

Well, being a long weekend here. I had son help with brass prep. I had a bunch of 45acp that needed to be cleaned so, deprime and run through the bulge buster and wash with soap and citric acid....a couple hours later and...half a 5 gallon pail full!! Makes for a good bonding session after a school year just talking and listening to what plans he has and how the world looks through a 11 year olds eyes. With all the C**P that is going on in the world, he has positive aspersions and goals.....honours list every year and couldn't be more proud watching him run the press and talking about nothing and everything .

[robg]

Got inspired by finding 2400 sized expanded some 357 and 308 brass to do some loading when it arrives.

[TXGunNut]

What mold did you use for the 49-90?

Used the BACO Money 459535M3. Not very happy with that mould, loading some of the best of those and 20 from my Lyman 457125 today. I think I'll get the hang of this BACO mould someday, we'll see. Shoulder bothering me a bit so taking a break before measuring powder.

[Tom W.]

Nothing. Too darn hot to be piddling around in there...

[Sticky]

Made up some Patriotic 45acp loads..

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[TXGunNut]

Nice operation you have there, MOA. You do good work with it as well, obviously. Very nice.

[OnHoPr]

Well, I took the liberty to load up 100 rounds of 30-30 with the Lee 180 gr and 8 gr of green dot. They were just 2nds boolits and I didn't do anything fancy for just plinking at the range. First time in a couple of years I have been able to do this since Mr. Sciatica finally came in full time instead of just part time. Gonna try to get to the range in a couple of days. Gotta figure something for those hard 2x8 bench seats.

[paraord]

Not in the reloading room, but this will result in more time in the reloading room. Made these 4"x4" gongs and a little structure for them. Should finish them up for this coming weekend.

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[Lagamor]

Been frustrated loading 9mm. Have loaded tens of thousands, and now the recent ones won't chamber. The stick out about 0.040" and I couldn't figure it out. So I called the good people at Dillon Presion. Since station one, sizing, produces brass in tolerance that easily chambers, they said it was too much crimp. Fixed that and still had the same problem, so I reduced my bell to the bare minimum. Still have the same problem.
Changed from a 115 grain boolit to a 95 grain. Problem goes away. Same company, same diameter, but a new seating depth of 1.030" from 1.125". Haven't figured it out yet.
i have loaded thousands of the 115 grains.

Frustrated in Kansas!

[muddywaters61]

Have you cleaned your dies? I know my 357 dies got clogged when my lube went south one time. I finally traced it out to a missing ingredient in my lube. the lube just kept building up and changed the sizing. Your problem may be just an overlooked step. Good luck.

Muddy61

[HangFireW8]

Been frustrated loading 9mm. Have loaded tens of thousands, and now the recent ones won't chamber. The stick out about 0.040" and I couldn't figure it out. So I called the good people at Dillon Presion. Since station one, sizing, produces brass in tolerance that easily chambers, they said it was too much crimp. Fixed that and still had the same problem, so I reduced my bell to the bare minimum. Still have the same problem.
Changed from a 115 grain boolit to a 95 grain. Problem goes away. Same company, same diameter, but a new seating depth of 1.030" from 1.125". Haven't figured it out yet.
i have loaded thousands of the 115 grains.

Frustrated in Kansas!

Flare, bell, bullet diameter, bullet nose profile, seating depth, final case diameter. Your problem is one or more of these things. Crud buildup can be a cause. Case buckling could be another.

This is one place where a bullet nose comparator can help find or rule out the cause. I use the Sinclair lug nut style, cheap and effective. You can make a comparator with a drill bit size that matches the land diameter, and any chunk of flat sided metal.

[whisler]

Loaded 150 rounds of .38 Special practice loads for my wife.

[mold maker]

Sorted oout a bucket of free WWs and sized some 380s.
Too much day after my git ups gone.

[LEADHOPPER]

Got out to the shop before the sun even came up, gets too hot to hang out much past 10 a.m. Loaded up 2 flats of 20 gauge skeet loads. Should hold me over for about a month. Started to clean up bench and organize all my shotgun reloading stuff before it got too hot. Maybe I'll get the rest cleaned up in the morning.

[therealhitman]

400 rounds of .44 mag loaded. 200gr Lee FRN over 700X. Still have a bucket of brass so more tomorrow!

[ukrifleman]

Re-formed some Privi 6.5x52 Carcano brass to 7.35x51 for my newly acquired M38 Carcano.

ukrifleman.

[skeettx]

ukrifleman,
neat
Where are you going to get your .300 bullets??
Mike

[Reverend Al]

Cleaned brass ... sorted brass ... cleaned brass ... sorted brass ... cleaned brass ... sorted brass ...

(I have a LOT more brass than I thought I had!)

[Contenderman]

Sized and primed 120 44 Spec. got a new Lee mold coming will have to do some load development, Contenderman

[L Erie Caster]

I ran into a deal at my local range, once fired Federal 308 Win brass in original boxes for $1.50 box. That is not a typo, 200 cases for $15.00. I just could not pass them up at that price. So I have been tumbling, size/decapping and trimming most of the day.

[DerekP Houston]

finished coating another 25lbs of wadcutter for 38 specials with hitek "zombie green"....ok they still came out brown but the coating holds up fine and shoots great.

[CASTER OF LEAD]

Pan lubed 100-358105 SWC, Lube sized 100- 358150 SWC, decapped,sized,expanded, reprimed 200 .38 spcl cases. went to the range. just completed some test loads. Love the time in the "Room", or the "HOLE" as my wife refers to it. lol- Caster

[avogunner]

Smelted the last of my wheel weights yesterday - about a 1/4 buckets worth. Yielded a bit over 30lbs. While I was at it, I took care of my range pickens for another 30lbs. I still have a hundred or so pounds of salvaged shot to get to but its long past time to scavenge more.

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[taco650]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.
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[DerekP Houston]

So I was chopping up an old broken bed frame this weekend. Found it was actually solid oak not the cheap particle board I was expecting as usual. I think it will make a nice 1/2" addition to my bench and make it a bit more decorative. Right now its just covered in 2 layers of 3/4" oak plywood.

Nice job Taco650 looks like a solid bench. I plan on adding a 4x4 post underneath my LNL to stabilize it a bit more.

[Dframe]

I dug about 100 44 Special cases out of the tumbler, then sized and reprimed 50. Going to fill them up later today. New 69 needs some fun stuff to shoot.

[62chevy]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.
172215

Nice looking bench but some how I doubt the old one will get replaced. :bigsmyl2:

[RogerDat]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.


I too have my doubts that things won't expand to both benches. Waste not want not :-)

Polishing brass while I sort the re-man range brass from the bucket of .223 that will need primer pocket work. Came out to about 650 rounds of already reloaded, the other 3k to 4k are 1x. Which I'll have to eventually sort by head stamp.

[Pee Wee]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.
172215
Looks good tasco,
more work space and storage

[taco650]

I too have my doubts that things won't expand to both benches. Waste not want not :-)


Nice looking bench but some how I doubt the old one will get replaced. :bigsmyl2:


Have no fear gentlemen, that old desk will hit the dumpster. It was left the house when we bought it and I had nothing else to use for reloading at the time so it got pressed into service (used built-ins at our previous house that got left behind in the move). It is falling apart, the leg joints come apart when I'm sizing rifle cases. One of the legs has been chewed on by a dog and the compartment on the left never held anything. It was a nice desk in it day but now just a rickety bunch of cheap wood.

[62chevy]

Have no fear gentlemen, that old desk will hit the dumpster. It was left the house when we bought it and I had nothing else to use for reloading at the time so it got pressed into service (used built-ins at our previous house that got left behind in the move). It is falling apart, the leg joints come apart when I'm sizing rifle cases. One of the legs has been chewed on by a dog and the compartment on the left never held anything. It was a nice desk in it day but now just a rickety bunch of cheap wood.

Nothing nails, screws and a splint on that leg can't fix. :kidding:

[762 shooter]

Loaded 300 wadcutter 38 specials. 2.7 grains Bullseye. 148 grain.

762

[DerekP Houston]

Nothing nails, screws and a splint on that leg can't fix. :kidding:

add a few braces and a double layer of plywood and you have my desk!

back on topic...working my way through resizing and double checking the ~25lbs or so of wadcutters I got coated.

halfway through:

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[Griff]

Loaded up 100 45 Colts using the RCBS 45-225-CAV boolit lubed with SPG and pushed by 6.0 grains of RedDot & WLP primers... along with 120 rounds of Cowboy45Special with the 160gr "Colt Law Special" pushed by 3.9 grains of Clays & set off by WLP primers. This just about replaces the ammo fired in my last two matches...

And, since... "it didn't happen if there's no pictures:"
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[JeffG]

Prepped some .223 brass.

[Jal5]

Worked last two evenings trying to get the Loadmaster going for 223.
Case feeder is close but not adjusted right...yet.

[coxa2]

Did a load workup for a 243 and a 22-250, then once the good load was found I loaded up 100rds for each caliber.

[Loudy13]

Loaded couple hundred rounds of 45 ACP, 230gr TC/TL over trail boss. Pretty much my go to load now for 45

[tazman]

I loaded my first 30-06 rifle loads in several years. I haven't loaded any rifle ammo because I wasn't shooting it much. Just often enough to check the impact point.
I decided to try some light 150 grain loads to see if that improved accuracy.
Hornady 150 boat tail spire point over 43 grains of IMR 3031. This is the starting load posted on the Hodgdon data site. Looking at about 2600 fps.

[taco650]

I loaded my first 30-06 rifle loads in several years. I haven't loaded any rifle ammo because I wasn't shooting it much. Just often enough to check the impact point.
I decided to try some light 150 grain loads to see if that improved accuracy.
Hornady 150 boat tail spire point over 43 grains of IMR 3031. This is the starting load posted on the Hodgdon data site. Looking at about 2600 fps.

I did the same thing last year before deer season. Same caliber too. My load was 150gr Hornady SP Interlock over 46gr of 4320. According to the book, it's good for 2700 fps. Gave 1 & quarter inch groups @ 100 yes & killed my deer easily!

[tazman]

I did the same thing last year before deer season. Same caliber too. My load was 150gr Hornady SP Interlock over 46gr of 4320. According to the book, it's good for 2700 fps. Gave 1 & quarter inch groups @ 100 yes & killed my deer easily!

I figure if a 30-30 can take a deer with a 150 grain bullet going 2200fps, then I can certainly do it with a bullet going 2500-2600 fps. Besides, it should kick a bit less and give me more control.

[taco650]

I figure if a 30-30 can take a deer with a 150 grain bullet going 2200fps, then I can certainly do it with a bullet going 2500-2600 fps. Besides, it should kick a bit less and give me more control.

My goal was a lower kicking round as well. I also have read that the M-1 Garand rifle load was a 150 grain j-word at 2700 fps so I figured that was enough power for whitetails.

I don't think the 30-06 is a hard kicking round but I'm old enough now that my shoulders ache most of the time so I want to save them for as long as possible while shooting a favorite rifle.

[toallmy]

jal5 are you sitting up your loadmaster in 223 for cast boolits , if so could I ask a few questions .

[TXGunNut]

Nice looking bench but some how I doubt the old one will get replaced. :bigsmyl2:

New one looks good but old one will still work fine for gun cleaning, brass sorting, TL drying station, component storage, casting area.....yep, still got my "old" bench. ;-)

[6622729]

Most recently started casting from the 16lbs of approximated Lyman #2 I created from various scrap materials using the lead calculator to create the mix. Here is 400 126gr NOE 358135 hollow points for 9mm. They just need to be accurate to 25yds for paper targets. I'm tumble lubing with Recluse 45/45/10, sizing to .357 with Lee push through sizer, tumble lubing again for a Gen 4 Glock 19 with KKM barrel. 5.2gr BE-86/CCI #500 for all of my 9mm right now. It feels great and has been clean and accurate.

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[ukrifleman]

Re-sized a batch of PPU 6.5x52 brass to 7.35x51, for my newly acquired M38 Carcano.

ukrifleman.

[Lagamor]

Received new RCBS dies and a Dillon powder funnel for 9x18 Makarov. With a mix of Makarov and converted Luger brass make reloading easy.
First round of PC 95 grain hollow points shot as good or better than factory ammo.
Tonight I'm replacing springs in my P64, so the single action trigger pull should be a nice 3.5 pounds.

[DerekP Houston]

ain't the reloading room, but I'm off to the range to empty some brass :D.

[ArrowJ]

Cleaning some 9mm cases I unloaded and some 38 Special cases I picked up and traded for. Going to load the 38's for my Dad's Smith & Wesson J Frame and add the 9mm back into the bucket-o-brass.

[1989toddm]

Loaded a cylinder full of 44mag with my new to me Whack A Mole Lee loader-310gr Lee gas check over almost a caseful of Trailboss. Accurate! And penetrating. Blew right through my "bullet trap" Which is only a 2.5gal jug packed with dirt. My wadcutters never go through until they have hammered out the center, but these just moseyed on along like nothing could stop them!


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[tazman]

My goal was a lower kicking round as well. I also have read that the M-1 Garand rifle load was a 150 grain j-word at 2700 fps so I figured that was enough power for whitetails.

I don't think the 30-06 is a hard kicking round but I'm old enough now that my shoulders ache most of the time so I want to save them for as long as possible while shooting a favorite rifle.

I got to the range today with my 30-06 and those reduced 150 grain bullet loads. I only shot 7 rounds. They all went into a 1.5 inch group between 2 and 3 inches high at 100 yards. I couldn't see any need for further testing. This was the result I was hoping for.

[avogunner]

Turned 25lbs of ingots into equal amounts of 452374 and 358156 boolits. Now to lube, size, load, shoot, repeat....

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[taco650]

I got to the range today with my 30-06 and those reduced 150 grain bullet loads. I only shot 7 rounds. They all went into a 1.5 inch group between 2 and 3 inches high at 100 yards. I couldn't see any need for further testing. This was the result I was hoping for.

You got the same result I did except I sighted mine to be inch & half high at 100. Enjoy!

[WebMonkey]

deprimed and tumbled 500 +/- range pickup brass.

setup some dies into some turrents.

that's about it for today.

[JSnover]

Found a forgotten stash of 220 gr Herters jacketed soft nose, .30 cal. Nothing to do then but load them over some IMR 4350 for the '06.

[ArrowJ]

Early start
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[robg]

Loaded 50 .357 mag 50 .223 20 308 all with book it's ,still trying to get an accurate load for the .223 .

[dragon813gt]

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W/ how long it took I thought there were a lot more at the bottom of the bucket. The King of Fans was doing a terrific job of keeping me, and the mold, cool :laugh:

[DerekP Houston]

if those are 9mm truncated cones it appears we use the exact same baking tray for our dump spot! I have no need to cast anymore...but a desire so I think I will try out that #68 mp mold today.

[downwind]

ain't the reloading room, but I'm off to the range to empty some brass :D. I've always considered that the first step in: "BRASS PREPARATION"

[coxa2]

Didn't really "do" anything in the reloading room other than order a new mold; NOE 460-405-RF RG2 cavity GC Brass for my new 45-70

[DerekP Houston]

look wistfully at my pile of ammo waiting to be loaded and went to work =(.

[dragon813gt]

At least you were able to look in the room. I'm relegated to looking at pictures of mine on my phone :laugh:

[RogerDat]

Sorting brass, I scrounged up one 5 gallon bucket of .223 I call that bucket Hillary, another bucket I call Congress is almost full. Running it through the polisher while sorting out the reman stuff from the 1x fired military and commercial. Putting gas checks on the .224 70 grain pills that will go inside that brass while the polisher does its thing.

[Lagamor]

Fell months behind in processing spent pistol brass. Spent most of Sunday decapping, and called in sick on Monday to tumble several loads. Though I burnt motor on my tumbler once. Now I have to sort a giant pile of Luger, Makarov and 380 into separate piles.
I'll never fall behind again...

[labradigger1]

Tumbled 150 1x Norma 6.5x55 brass and wired in 2 more receps.

[Harter66]

Saturday, loaded a 3 step 9 round confirmation ladder for the new 222 brass . A real treat as I rarely if ever have new brass .
Sunday , loaded a NOE 225-55 @ 63 gr in 90 brand new 222 brass and 9 1x . Cast and culled 15# of NOE 225-55 and 279-124 .
Monday, loaded the last 50 finished NOE 225-55 in 223 cases. Dug out modified Darrs lube, .2257 push through sizer die and 22 GCs . Found it was getting late .

Tonight I lubed and checked about 100 fresh 225-55s . Less than 1/4 of what was cast even after culls .

[Green Frog]

Well, it wasn't today, but over the last week or so I've taken a trip down memory lane with a MEC 600 Jr that was gifted to me a while back by the widow of an old friend from church... When I was fresh out of college (40+ years ago) he introduced me to loading for the 20 gauge with this very press! Now I've gathered up about 500 once-fired AA hulls and the appropriate ClayBuster wads and dug out some 30 year old Win 209s, Green Dot powder and #9 shot and with just a little tweaking on the die adjustments I'm turning out near-factory quality reloads. The 600 Jr is the most basic, non-progressive press MEC makes. Simple is good!

Froggie

[tazman]

I loaded a set of test loads for my 223. 5 different bullets and 3 different powders. I am going to find out what it likes the best.

[robg]

I managed to get a Lee easy expander decapping rod for my 308die tried it out today by decapping and sizing 100 cases .well impressed half the effort needed to do the job,such a simple idea well done Lee!

[coxa2]

Cast up 100ish 405gr 45/70 pills and gas checked them. Hopefully get a few loaded up tonight!

[paraord]

Decapped and sized about 600 44 mag, 200 357 mag, broke my rcbs sizing and depriming die (actual pin bent Lord knows how) a neighbor helped me finish up by giving me a Lee set of dies.
Got all the 44 tumbled, then lubrisized 50 of my 429421 HPs. Busy day yesterday.

[dverna]

Started organizing all the junk I have. Found some 4198 with a price of $1.50.....yes the decimal point is in the right place!

"Found" literally thousands of bullets and cases I had forgotten about.

I have more to do. Some will go on sale.

[tward]

Yesterday had the pleasure of breaking down 100 9mm rounds. Loaded them with Lee 105 gr Swc and forgot to plunk test them:oops:. Great memory therapy using a kinetic bullet puller:bigsmyl2:. Maybe I'll remember the next time? Tim

[Good Cheer]

Cast up some Ideal's to mike out the groove and bore riding portions: 308284 and 311413.

[dragon813gt]

Yesterday I FL sized, in a 40 S&W die, and bulge busted around 650 pieces if 357 Sig Brass. Threw them in the tumbler and forgot about them. I remembered this morning so I bagged them up and placed them in the proper five gallon bucket. Now I can run them through a 357 Sig die w/ no lube and I'm good to go.

[DerekP Houston]

was outside at the casting "bench" making some more H&G 68 clones to play with. Got the hitek zombie green to come out green this time too! Not as pretty as some, but it still passed all my tests so i don't care. next for a range trip to test them out.

[NavyVet1959]

Yesterday had the pleasure of breaking down 100 9mm rounds. Loaded them with Lee 105 gr Swc and forgot to plunk test them:oops:. Great memory therapy using a kinetic bullet puller:bigsmyl2:. Maybe I'll remember the next time? Tim

I've had that happen before. The rounds fed in one of my 9mm handguns, but not in the new one that I was going to be shooting. I ended up just running one through the seating die to seat it a bit deeper until I got to a point where it would pass the plunk test and then running the rest through after test firing that first one. It was a mild load, so I wasn't worried about the slightly increased pressure.

[Jniedbalski]

Loaded this weekend 500 / 223 with 55 fmjs 69 and 75 grain hornady and 69 and 77 grain sierras target loads. I used Varget and CFE. All on a lee single stage press . The week before I loaded over 700 40 s&w with Hs6 and 300 223 with Win 748 on the same press. I just mounted my press and powder measure to a old school desk. It's a lot better than using my hand press all the time.

[tazman]

I didn't get that much production out. I loaded 60 rounds of 223 to test in my new rifle. Still figuring out what it like the best.
I used 3 different bullet weights, 3 different powders, and 3 different styles of bullets.
It's going to be a long and interesting trip to the range next time.

[Strtspdlx]

I finally got my casting area setup somewhat comfortably and attempted to revive my new Lee 401-145swc mold. I finally got it to release the Boolits. Now I have to figure out what I'm doing wrong so it'll release good Boolits.

edit: I don't know why the picture is sideways, it isn't on my phone.

[Jniedbalski]

Nice set up . I had all my loading stuff mounted to a bench in the basement but moved it all to my closet. It gets wet in the basement a few big rains a year so decided to move all my stuff.i have been using my lee hand press the last few years on the kitchen table and living room couch but like my school desk the best .it's portable,can load in the living room or kitchen. And when Iam done everything gets put back up

[flyingmonkey35]

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This followed me home today.

Ruger model 100 357.


Going to shoot 38 spc mostly.

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[DerekP Houston]

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This followed me home today.

Ruger model 100 357.


Going to shoot 38 spc mostly.

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Gorgeous choice! Love me some revolvers.

[copdills]

loaded some 12 ga shells and did alittle gun room cleanup

[white eagle]

farted

[Digital Dan]

In whose direction?

I did inventory. Need 900 bullets of 5 styles and 2 alloys. Casting in July/August requires many cold beverages.

[ohiomadman]

Loaded up 25 45-70`s. 405grain boolit over 6.5grains of Unique.

[Victor N TN]

Tried to clean a wider path so walking through my crowded shop / garage building, isn't as dangerous. When I'm not there every day or 3 family just goes in and when they don't know where something goes and place it in the floor. A little here and a little there.

[DerekP Houston]

Time to disassemble the LnL AP and install the strong mount....eventually. Enough loaded ammo for awhile already and the list of house repairs out weighs my need for more.

[popper]

Lee pot was starting to dribble when pouring so I got to clean it out. Found a small yankee drill bit cleans the spout very well. Loaded some 30/30 ESPCd of the new 170gr PB to try. Prolly cast a another bunch next week.

[tazman]

Loaded some testing rounds for my 223 heavy barrel. Trying some new powders and bullets.

[talkglock]

Melted the last 65 pounds of range scrap that I collected. Ended up with 50 pounds worth of ingots


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[SSGOldfart]

Cast up a few dozen .451 & .457Round balls to break in a new ROA.after cleaning out the old Lee pot.

[Tom W.]

Flared and primed some 9mm brass to ready for loading the next chance I get.

[DerekP Houston]

Got tired of working on the house, so time to cast some boolits :D. 358-200 lee mold heating up now for a few sample batches to ship out.

[dragon813gt]

Took pictures of my 550B to post in another thread.

[DerekP Houston]

In whose direction?

I did inventory. Need 900 bullets of 5 styles and 2 alloys. Casting in July/August requires many cold beverages.

I like to take a break every 15 minutes to hydrate and cool down :D. Yard work is strictly a before or after 8am or 8pm activity now...might have overdone it today will find out tomorrow.

[trails4u]

Sorted and tumbled brass........ Not so much fun, but there are bills to pay!

[Wis. Tom]

Just getting to cleaning the shop and found 2 of my plastic 5 gallon buckets full of range lead have split from time and now I have a mess. Going to have to break down and melt them down now. I usually do that in the fall in cooler weather.

[Texas by God]

Loaded 50 150gr psp and 20 165gr btsp in .300 Sav for my Rem 81 Woodsmaster. Too hot to cast bullets in a non A/C shop in Texas-one drop of sweat in the pot and you know the rest! These are cheap Privi j-words from Serbia. Worth a try I reckon. Best, Thomas. And I farted.

[DougGuy]

Ran a bunch of boolits through the brand new RCBS Lube-A-Matic 2 and got it broke in thank you Craigslist for the $85 luber!

Loading 10 round strings of .45 Schofield with different boolit weights and different powders for load development.

[Ironmike5585]

SmelTed down 50 lbs of free dental lead and 50lbs of free wheel weights . Got few more lbs to go.

[robg]

Sized 100 357 cases and expanded the necks ,tumbled 150 308 cases .played with new small electric scales .birthday pressy from my wife .she's a good in.

[Digital Dan]

Put away 4 moulds and stored a touch less than 1,000 bullets. .30-50 cal. Boom.

[Greg S]

Now that the heat wave is over, fired up the pot and had my 3rd sit down with my MiHec 477 mold. I finally got the right temp and tequnique and dropped alittle over 100 boolits that were keepers.

[ak_milsurp]

200 rounds of 9x18 Makarov... 95gr cast, BLL, 3.5 gr W231, CCI 500 PRIMED....

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[blikseme300]

Not in the reloading room as it would have been too loud but fire formed 90 300WM brass to 458WN. Lots of trimming work in my future...

[Pumpkinheaver]

Made a bunch of empty 10mm and 9mm brass to load. Does that count.

[HangFireW8]

Made a bunch of empty 10mm and 9mm brass to load. Does that count.

You shoot in your reloading room? Look at the thread title!

[DerekP Houston]

Fished the parts for my s&w model 10-10 out of the jar of atf mix and reassembled. Smooth as silk now and nice aND lubricated. Time for a range trip! I'm just thrilled I didnt lose any parts.

[WFO2]

Sized a batch of 44 mag and loaded some more 38spcl . Derek that's good when we moved into the new house had hardwood floors put in my reloading room . Makes it easier to find parts that get dropped or go flying . When we moved out of the old house I found that 1911 plug that I had launched and lost years ago .

[JeffG]

Broke down 200 rounds 5.56 to uniform the primer pockets after having a couple slam fires in AR 15. About all trimmed and ready to reassemble.

[62chevy]

Deburred 50 308 Win. case I had trimmed the day before. Now on to the primer pockets then running them through the tumbler.

[michiganmike]

Right now I have a bunch of 338 Federal cases in the tumbler, getting cleaned up. Earlier today, not in the reloading room I moved 5 gallons of hard apple cider to the secondary carboy. Tomorrow I will add a little dextrose to make it a sparkling cider then bottle it up. Took a taste....it's GOOD. Will be terrific after about 2 months of aging.[smilie=p:

[dragon813gt]

Moved the Betsy Ross flag and it now properly hangs from the rafters. Old location will be filled by a new Gadsen flag when it arrives on Monday.

Also cleaned up all the bullets my 2yo son knocked over last night. I know I will find some stragglers for years to come. There were about 5k 22cal bullets alone :beer:

[TXGunNut]

Picked up my 38-40 at the gunsmith and knew some quality time in the loading room was on my agenda. Sized and loaded boolits for my 45-70 Trapdoor and for the recent arrival. After sampling the goodies from my smoker I loaded the aforementioned boolits. Range day tomorrow!

[RP]

Turned on the AC waited a few hours then turned on the radio by then working out in the yard cleaning up I cut the AC off put one of the speakers outside and got in the pool. Then I pulled the grill out beside the pool and cook some pork ribs and drank beer while riding a float oh it was hot here today. Reloading room is untouched for a few weeks now.

[NavyVet1959]

Used to own a house with a pool. Didn't use it much since for most of the year, it was too warm to even get into it. No shade, so the water just continued to heat up all summer -- all 9 months of our summer. Water temperature would get into the upper 80Fs and low 90Fs. I'll never buy a house with a pool in it again.

Spent time in my reloading shack today drinking beer and trying to find something. I know it's there *somewhere*. Obviously, I just don't have enough beer to be able to find it. I'll try to remedy that situation.

[Reverend Al]

Put some more fired brass in the ss pin tumbler, sorted out a mixture of pulled bullets that I tumbled and cleaned up a little while back, loaded about 200 rounds of .45 ACP on the Dillon for my JR Carbine, sorted through some tumbled and cleaned .303 British brass to sort them out by headstamp (so that I can anneal some of them and then load a bunch up with a blank charge and cornmeal to fire form into .410 Enfield Musket). I think that'll do until tomorrow!

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[Texas by God]

It was .277 day. Finished loading 70 .270 win with RL-22 and 130gr Federal pull downs , then sized, chamfered 100 6.8 spc and loaded 60 with Benchmark and 110gr Sierra Pro Hunter. Still too hot to shoot; maybe by October.....Best,Thomas.

[robg]

Loaded 60 rounds of 180gr 309 sized and gas checked Lee boolits into sako brass that I trimed,expanded chamfered primed etc last week.then loaded up 50 180gr sil rcbs mold boolits in 357 mag.so I don't feel I've wasted my day off!

[flyingmonkey35]

Loaded 50 rounds of .357 magnum.
135 grain sc jhp/ over 7.5 grains of tight group.

Cant wait to shoot it.

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[Tom W.]

loaded 50 rounds of 9mm, then turned off the a.c. and went into the house.

[NavyVet1959]

loaded 50 rounds of 9mm, then turned off the a.c. and went into the house.

I keep the air-conditioner set for 80F in my reloading "shack" during the summer just so none of my dies and tools end up rusting. If I'm going to be working in there, I turn the temp down to 72-75F.

[PaulG67]

Today I loaded up 20 223 with an NOE 22-055 FNGC over 6.0 grns of Red Dot and took them and 100 other 223 loaded with the same boolit but with 5.5 grns of Red Dot. Neither load was especially accurate at about 6 inches at 100 yards. My Savage model 11 seems to like a heavier NOE boolit of 70 grain round nose. With that boolit over 5.5 grns of Red Dot I can get about 1.5 at 100 yards, I would like to try and get that down to 1". Tomorrow I will load some up with the 70 grn boolit with 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0 of Red Dot. I will also load some with other powders but haven't decided which to use yet.

[bns454]

I tried some Enforcer in 44 mag.Loaded 50 rounds and went to the range and found out I forgot to crimp 2 rounds.The other 48 shot well.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I'm in the last few days of reloading project. (1K) 223rem with 50gr J-PSP.
note to self, next time, I'll be buying prepped brass, sorting the ones that needed trimming, then trimming those was too much time at the bench.

[Jal5]

Worked on an old Loadmaster replacing some worn parts that Lee kindly sent me. All I paid was shipping. Got it indexing perfect. Now to sort out the case feeder for 223 rifle reloading!

[Harter66]

I've misplaced 100 45 Schofield cases ....... I did come up with 150 Colts I had given up on finding on purpose though so I guess it worked out.....

[bruce drake]

made a redneck 162gr .308 caliber bullet by using 22-250 and 300BLK Full-length sizing dies and LEE .314, .312 and .308 sizing dies to convert a trimmed down 5.7x28 cartridge case and a 100gr 6.5 cast lead bullet into swaged bullet...

Why? Because I read about it on the Google Machine...And I had 1 of those 5.7x28 cases from a range pickup...

Bruce

[skeettx]

And I bet it will shoot a ONE HOLE group :)

[yenningComity]

Bought a bulk load of brass off a guy. Got around to counting everything and sorting it a few days ago so I can list it here. Already have the ones I am keeping int he tumbler (44 mag, 357 mag).

[The Governor]

Busted my Lee scale and now need a new powder scale. Loading on hold at this time.
I knew it was a marginal scale and need to be replaced at some time but just not right now.

[bruce drake]

And I bet it will shoot a ONE HOLE group :)
If I did it wrong you might see a two-hole, one-shot group... ;)

[Jal5]

Worked on that LLM case feeder till I got it right for 223. Will run a batch thru it tomorrow[emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

[RogerDat]

I loaded 49 rounds of .223 with BL-C(2) in batches of 7 increasing the load by about .3 grains with each batch. Then took them back apart when I found the primers were not seated fully. I had 100% FTF in the first set of 7, they would fire after the first hit seated the primer. Now after some more work on the primer pockets I have them re-loaded and ready for another go.

Going back and loading a couple hundred with varget and 70 gr. NOE bullets. If I get ambitious I may start sorting a bucket of brass by head stamp while watching the Olympics.

[Expat74]

Preparing diner for the .380s

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[DerekP Houston]

My desk is looking a bit lonely and dusty. If i get a chance I'll at least clean it up this weekend. maybe go empty some more brass for reloading on my lunch break :D.

[dragon813gt]

Loaded 45 35 Remington development loads w/ W748 for my 336. Had some loose primer pockets and I didn't feel like priming and processing five more pieces.

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And the lovely conditions in my garage while I was reloading. Nothing like an 81 degree dewpoint.
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[blikseme300]

Deprimed and sized 100 300WM brass in preparation for fire forming these for 458WM. Was over 105* on the farm today and needed to "chill-out" in the reloading room with A/C set to 85*. Dog days of summer here.

[sparky45]

Watched a video about how to polish a single shot bolt. Then went and did it using my old Rem 514. Went up to 800 grit and it looks really good. All I have in the shop is a fan and a hour and a half in there and I was ready for a cold one in the house.

[NavyVet1959]

Watched a video about how to polish a single shot bolt. Then went and did it using my old Rem 514. Went up to 800 grit and it looks really good. All I have in the shop is a fan and a hour and a half in there and I was ready for a cold one in the house.

No air-conditioner in the shop? No beer fridge in the shop?

How *primitive*!!! :)

[sparky45]

Used to drink all my beer while fishing. Only use I had for a fish stringer was to tie off a 6 pack at about 5ft. That's right I'm "primitive".:redneck:

[mold maker]

No AC on the carport either, so I got out early and sorted anther bucket of WWs. Then into the basement to finish sizing 7 MM brass. Morning is finished and so am I.....

[WALLNUTT]

Remodeling the loading room and building a new bench to hold more presses, powder measures and lubrisizers.

[trixter]

My reloading-room is a combination office and reloading room, it includes desk, computer table and reloading table, gun safe and book shelf. Every once in a while the desk gets do full of stuff that I have to take some time and get it cleaned up. I find so much cool stuff that i haven't seen in a while and shuffle it to another place where it will be forgotten until the next clean-up. Meanwhile there are those moments when I need something from one of the stacks prompting another clean-up, resulting in more shuffling of stuff, and on and on it goes.

[DerekP Houston]

Finally got around to cleaning off the junk and dusting it. Still need to disassemble the LnL and install the strong mount I got from inline fab. Directions were a bit more than I was willing to look at when it first arrived so I've been stalling. Need to finish sizing all the boolits i've been casting so I can get back to loading them up.

[OS OK]

I went down there today to get a somethingorother...found it, then had to set it down so I could pick my nose some and then I came back upstairs...now I'm wondering what it was I needed?

[allsy]

After finishing the build for my first 300 blackout rifle, I cleaned the bench off and pulled the presses (quick release). All in preparation for sizing 10mm bullets and getting ready for my first order of power coat to arrive.

[Zthomps]

Going to be casting 45acp tomorrow and powder coating them

[TXGunNut]

Picked up my old 38-55 at the gunsmith's today, not a loaded 38-55 round in the house. :-( Found some nekkid boolits and that was a good enough start.
Sat down at the bench beside my loading bench and the lube/sizer attached to the bench had BAC lube and a .401 die in it. I sized 100 38-40 boolits before changing out the sizer die for the 38-55 project. Ran out of lube before I finished sizing 38-55 boolits but found my missing 303 British brass while I was fetching another tube of BAC. :bigsmyl2:
Loaded up a few 38-55's over 30 grs 3031 and then loaded 50 38-40 rounds for the 92 that showed up a week or so ago. Need to load some BP 45-70's in the AM but it's looking like a pretty special range day tomorrow.

[Reverend Al]

Sorted out a big batch of ss pin tumbled .303 British brass by the headstamps. Lots and lots and lots of .303 British brass. Some will be fire-formed into .410 Musket for my SMLE smoothbore, some with be fire-formed into .338 / .303 British for my Ron Smith rebored large action Martini, and some will actually be reloaded as .303 British!

:bigsmyl2:

[Walstr]

Just used my new LEE#90697 6-Cavity, 45LC, 216gr mold for 1023 keepers. [CWW's] Water quenched, these dropped @ .453"ish which is terrific for our 45LC CAS addiction.
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...then my custom Mountain Mold for about 650, .461-405gr pills for some IMR4198, .45-70 load development. [CWW's + 2% Tin] These drop water quenched @ .461", as designed. This vendor is tops!
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[copdills]

re sized and decapped some 12 ga hulls

[DerekP Houston]

sized all my 45 #68 clones to .451 and then recoated em in a batch of hitek to cover the spots rubbed off. did the same for the noe 40 cal boolits, now working on mounting the strong mount and then going to load up a fresh batch. Also cleaned all the 38 special brass I'd shot over the last few trips. Would've been faster if I hadn't dropped the towel full of wet brass on the patio....twice as clean now!

[taco650]

made a redneck 162gr .308 caliber bullet by using 22-250 and 300blk full-length sizing dies and lee .314, .312 and .308 sizing dies to convert a trimmed down 5.7x28 cartridge case and a 100gr 6.5 cast lead bullet into swaged bullet...

Why? Because i read about it on the google machine...and i had 1 of those 5.7x28 cases from a range pickup...

Bruce


and i bet it will shoot a one hole group :)


lol!!!!!

[Leadmelter]

After working 18 hrs at the hospital, I waved hello to my gunroom and new bullet mold. I has been so hot up here in the Mitten that I cannot cast with my new mold and my asthma has been acting up, so shooting is on hold. Bummer for sure!
Leadmelter
MI

[WFO2]

Finally got a cooler day and cast some 215 grn 45acp hollow points .

[RP]

Broke out the Mec press and started loading up some rounds for dove season and tested out some with the boys on some skeet.